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12 minutes ago, [insert name here] said:

Also outta curiosity, is it fine to replace PSU fans or is that like a big no no

It is fine as long as you don't care about your warranty and know what you're getting yourself into.

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5 minutes ago, [insert name here] said:

Also outta curiosity, is it fine to replace PSU fans or is that like a big no no

you can kill yourself if your not careful and you void you warranty. 

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13 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It is fine as long as you don't care about your warranty and know what you're getting yourself into.

6 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

you can kill yourself if your not careful and you void you warranty. 

o alright so it's basically a no no

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@[insert name here] Have to admit I laughed hahaha

 

It's tricky to open a PSU and fidget with it. Some PSU's have a system that completely discharges it's capacitors by running the fan, but that is very rare to see nowadays. My current OCZ Fatality 750 Watter does this, bit annoying at night, since the fan has red LEDs, but at least, the PSU is rather quiet.

 

@STRMfrmXMN That thing on the /better not overclock everything/ made me think a bit now.

 

If the readings from my motherboard and HWiNFO64 are "anywhere" near accurate, my 1700 at 3.9/1.38V draws about 200W of power. Adding my current GTX 980 that I've seen peaking into the high 190's makes me a bit worried, but at the same time, tells me I /could/ run this with a high grade 650W.

 

Running realbench on this for a while made my current PSU a bit toasty, whew, I can definitely feel a few degrees hotter inside my room.

 

At least, we're having a fairly cold day today and the little bit of heating helps. xD

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3 hours ago, KuroiHane said:

@STRMfrmXMN @awesomegamer919 @Stefan Payne Thanks for the Replies!

 

I /really/ wouldn't mind going to the 170 or 190 range here. I was going to pay near 220 for a RM750x (That's the price of that PSU here...nothing I can do)

 

I just want good, reliable and stable PSU principally under hot conditions. So, more connectors, better warranty and so on should be on the plus side. (If things blows up, I can recur on sending the PSU to RMA in USA)

 

This should describe my entire hardware as of now and what I'm doing with it. Of course, I plan on upgrading to a new GPU, maybe Nvidia or AMD's next gen as the 1xxx series are near it's end and the Vega...well, it's a Vega.

 

I did look at Amazon a while ago and found the 750W Prime Titanium for 169, really pondering about it right now.

 

EDIT: Also, a smaller PSU would be better. As much as the RM750x is a good choice, I found out I'd need to push my HD Drive cages further in my case to fit that PSU properly (Corsair Carbide 400C).

 

 

A good 550/650W would be fine for your PC (Unless you are running SLI, not sure if that site can tell), a FOCUS PLUS Gold 550w would be fine: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bkp323/seasonic-focus-plus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fx

 

If not, get the 750 FOCUS PLUS I linked above, it's a plenty good enough units at a fairly low cost...

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On 10/15/2017 at 5:35 PM, Stefan Payne said:

I have a 750W CWT GPS and I'm quite frankly kinda disapointed.

I doubt the manufacturer requested many changes but the Plattform isn't great at all.

 

The Problems I have is high electronics noise under higher load, low Capacitance on +12V.

 

But Fan Controller is great, though useless because (Hong Hua) Fan is shit...

And lets not talk about capacitors...

I don't have anything against CapXon, I'd also live with AsiaX and JunFu...

But I don't know what I should say about the ChengX that were inside....

The Deepcool DQ550ST has a Deepcool fan, and Elite, Aishi, and Teapo are used for caps. I'm not sure what you mean by 12V capacitance, either.

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Just now, turkey3_scratch said:

I'm not sure what you mean by 12V capacitance, either.

Value of all caps on +12V combined...
That should do something against some load changes...

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1 minute ago, Stefan Payne said:

Value of all caps on +12V combined...
That should do something against some load changes...

You mean transient response?

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9 minutes ago, turkey3_scratch said:

You mean transient response?

Yes.


And also that can prevent the PSU from resonating with the components and doing some weird stuff. 

So having something like 10mF on +12V isn't a bad idea (and many modern PSU are in this region)...

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Just now, Stefan Payne said:

Yes.


And also that can prevent the PSU from resonating with the components and doing some weird stuff. 

So having something like 10mF on +12V isn't a bad idea (and many modern PSU are in this region)...

Are these capacitors you speak of the same as the ripple filtering ones?

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1 hour ago, turkey3_scratch said:

Are these capacitors you speak of the same as the ripple filtering ones?

Yes, kida

But the question is if they are for filtering or buffer caps...

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5 minutes ago, adham. said:

What about Bitfeinx  BPA ?

Seems to be a "lower-end" market competitor.  Guess it just depends on what you're powering. Can't really find much info about it.

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45 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Looks like a tier 6 unit. Apparently the same platform as the Cooler Master B2, Corsair VS and Thermaltake Smart SE

http://www.orionpsudb.com/news/bitfenix-expands-into-lower-end-market-with-bpa-and-dc-dc-bfb-series

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@STRMfrmXMN @jonnyGURU @JDE Hey dudes! I have a question for you guys!

 

I found out there are different models of the PSU I own right now. 

 

The model I have is this one: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/ocz-fatal1ty-750-w-power-supply-review/

 

And the model I can really find any other reviews is this one: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/ocz-fatal1ty-750-watt-psu-review,1.html

 

Do you guys think there's any major differences between those? From what I noticed (just looking quickly) the model I have is the only one with 4 different 12V rails, while the other model and the seemingly newer model reviewed by @jonnyGURU, being the FirePro one, has just 1 rail.

 

What tier would my PSU fall in? 6? Untiered? xD

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21 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Nice find

Love how you actually updated the list and inserted the BPA into Tier 6.
Nice job dude.

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@adham. Yeah, they did. But that was...well, most likely old stuff, I had a OCZ StealthXStream 500W, great little PSU, really, it was silent and not so expensive, it was also recommended by the same site (hardwaresecrets), same as that Fatality 750 one.

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18 minutes ago, adham. said:

OCZ made PSUs ? 
Damn what rock did i slept under..

Yeah and they also bought those "nice guys" from PC Power and Cooling who are one of the culprits for this Single Rail bullshit.

They were made by various manufacturers like Sirfa and later they were made almost exclusively by Great Wall.

 

They were somewhat OKish, nothing to write home about. Some were better, some were not.

Either way, it's not a bad idea to replace them due to age.

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@STRMfrmXMN say, why was the NEX bumped back down to T4?

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2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

@STRMfrmXMN say, why was the NEX bumped back down to T4?

It's group-regulated and has poor voltage regulation

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@Stefan Payne Yeah, I know that. It's the main reason I want to get another PSU.

 

I'll probably get myself a Seasonic 750W Focus Gold, rather cheap, fully modular and all.

 

This little OCZ unit has been running for a good 5 years now, that's plenty enough for me. I've ever dared to run 2 GPUs on it (HD 6870 and GTX 460), did some testing for mining back in 2013.

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Looks like a tier 5, also they stopped selling the EVGA b2 and that makes me sad. Good thing the CX_50M series exists

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18 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

they stopped selling the EVGA b2 and that makes me sad

But why

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